Recent content by JenG88

Hi, I wondered if anyone can help with exercises I can work on at home. My horse tends to over bend on the left rein and then I struggle to get him to bend on the right. When riding up the centre line he still tends to have his head turned to the left. I have been practicing leg yielding to...

One of my boys is similar to yours, not nasty in any way but a but stressy and lacks confidence with anything knew. I use magic syringes when I'm going to be introducing anything drastically new just to take the edge off him to allow me to school him and get him used to things without him...

Hi, wondered if anyone could give any exercises or tips on how to lengthen my horses stride. I have a 15hh welsh cob cross who is quite short coupled. He has what we call pony/horse strides (should be horse but very stuffy and pony like!). He can lengthen when he wants to but 9/10 when I ask...

Hello, Im thinking about going bitless but with so many different bitless bridles on the market how do I know which one to choose? My horse is a welsh d x, we mainly do basic RC activities and hacking but he gets very strong when jumping. He tends to grab hold of the bit and take off on the...

I have a very forward going strong welsh d x. He can lean heavily on your hands, which being of a slight build is very difficult to control. When jumping he tends to launch over in the last stride, grabs the bit then tanks off. Have changed his bit a few times, started in an English snaffle...

He really shortens up underneath himself, you can feel him bouncing underneath you but lose all contact at the front, has started putting his head up and fighting any contact. He's awkward! lol giving him a longer rein and lighter contact and he drops below the bit, ride slightly shorter and...

Hi, I have a 15h 13year old welsh cob cross. Currently ride him in a twisted snaffle and drop noseband which is working well with my flatwork. However, when it comes to jumping he gets a bit excited and tends to drop behind the bit (he's short coupled so finds shortening up very easy!) but...